This Emerald Shines Bright Ahead Of IPO
Overview Emerald Expositions Events (Pending:EEX) filed for its IPO on March 31, 2017. The company expects to raise $295M through the offer of 15.5 million shares at an expected price range of $18 to $20 and to make its debut on Thursday, April 27. If the underwriters price the IPO at the midpoint of that range, Emerald […]
5 Best-Ranked Liquid Stocks For Impressive Returns
The liquidity position of a company often indicates whether its business is going in a profitable direction. A company with a favorable liquidity position has the potential to provide higher returns as liquidity drives growth. However, one should exercise caution before investing in such stocks. While a high liquidity level may imply that the company […]
More Small Things
On April 23, 2015, the US Treasury auctioned off $18 billion in inflation-indexed bonds maturing in April 2020. These 5-year TIPS stopped out at the lowest yield for that particular security class in almost a year before then. Coming as it did during the spring of 2015, it was met with the usual textbook applied […]
Sentimental Journey
Like a good attorney, we rarely ask a question for which we don’t have the answer. In the case of looking at sentiment in the economy and in the stock market, we like watching to get a feel for what our professional and individual investor clients are going through to see if it matches what […]
Potential Government Shutdown And Gold
If the U.S. Congress does not pass a bill before April 28, the government will run out of money. What would this mean for the gold market? The specter of a government shutdown is haunting the U.S. again. The deadline is set for April 28. Without the funding bill presented to the President before Friday, […]
Blistering Foreign Demand In Blockbuster 2 Year Auction; Highest Indirects In 8 Years
With the barnburner rally in equities today, the just concluded TSY auction of $26 billion in 2Y paper could have been excused if it disappointed. It did not, in fact it may have been the strongest 2Y auction in years with some truly blistering results. The high yield of 1.280% stopped through the 1.284% When […]
Volatility Crash
Everywhere you look – – green, green, green, lifetime highs, soaring charts, with one notable exception. Volatility, of course! The fear index VIX has, in just 1.5 years, collapsed from 53.29 to almost the single digits. Indeed, there is only ONE time in the past decade it’s been even a little bit lower, and that was back on January 27th. […]
5 Best Performing No-Load Mutual Funds Of Q1
Investors always aim to make the best out of their total invested capital. Although choosing mutual funds with best returns is the principal goal of investors, they also aim to reduce their expenses while buying or selling funds. Due to this reason, no-load funds with low expense ratios are always targeted. In the first quarter, […]
Strong Momentum Supports Nasdaq’s Break Above 6000
Not only did the Nasdaq Composite make a new all-time high as it exceeded 6000 by mid-day today (Tuesday, April 25), but it did so on record-high momentum, as shown on the following Monthly chart. As I mentioned in my post of April 21, I believe that the Technology sector (NDX) holds the key to support a new bull equity market, which I discussed […]
The Biggest Risk Of Passive Investing
There’s been a lot of outcry over the years about how passive investing is creating all these new risks. High fee active managers are always critical because they say silly things like “indexing is average” (see my response). Some other people say it’s hurting the economy (see my response). Others have even compared it to […]
